APRIL 25-27, 2014 WHAT'S IN BLOOM

This post, April 25-27, 2014 What's In Bloom, was written by me, Annie in Austin for my Annie's Addendum blog.

APRIL 25-27, 2014 WHAT'S IN BLOOM

I started this list on Friday and it's now Sunday night. The high temperature in my garden today was 94F, so some flowers that were perfect on Friday are not so perfect today. Just about everything on the list was still in bloom Saturday the 26th. The photos were taken over the past week or so. As always, the botanical names are my best attempts at accuracy.

Abelia X grandiflora unknown variety, one medium-sized pink shrub.

Abelia X grandiflora 'Edward Goucher' smaller pink shrub planted.

Abutilon hybridum 'Patrick's', flowering maple, think it's named after Patrick Kirwin. Nothing on the older plant that had been kept in the garage for winter, but there were 2 flowers on recently planted new 'Patrick'.

Acca sellowiana AKA Feijowa sellowiana, Pineapple guava, many buds on Secret Garden plant, none on plant in patio container

Allium cepa - garden onions that have been allowed to make flowers and perennialize.

Anemone heterophylla 10-petalled anemone, thimbleweed, most gone to seed in heat

Angelonia angustifolia, Angelonia several plants of this tough annual, 'Serena Blue' and 'Serena White'

Aquilegia canadensis - couple of small flowers

Aquilegia chrysantha Yellow columbine - last couple of flowers

Asclepias curassavica, tropical milkweed - two plants with just-opened flowers

Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Yellow' cultivar of tropical milkweed - one plant with just-opened flowers

Calibrachoa hybrids, annual plants in hanging baskets and pots, including 'Grape Punch', 'Pomegranate Punch', 'Compact Orange', 'Cabaret Blue' and 'Double Purple' . This is 'Grape Punch' and 'Pomegranate Punch', bought and planted in early April for the hummingbirds. We had to do something fast! When the tiny flyers returned, the nectar-giving perennials like salvias and justicias had been frozen and were not in bloom.




Calylophus berlandii, Berland's sundrops Native  - new plant has a couple of buds

Capsicum annuum – garden peppers - couple of flowers

Carya illinoinensis, Pecan tree. The pollen is on its way, oh, yes.



Castilleja indivisa, Texas paintbrush, planted as annual, has returned a few times

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides/Hardy Plumbago, AKA Blue Leadwort - one single blue flower

Chrysactinia mexicana, native yellow-flowering Damianita, 3 plants, one very established, one in more shade than ideal, one new, all with flowers

Clematis unknown hybrid, red-purple flowers

Consolida ajacis, Larkspur, annual - dotted around everywhere, mostly lavender blue and blue-violet shades

Coriandrum sativum., cilantro, annual herb

Delosperma cooperi ? Dark magenta-flowered hardy ice plant on herb patio - few flowers

Dianthus – red and white-bloomin hybrids in two containers

Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost' - new plant, bought in bloom

Gladiolus byzantinus - just finished

Graptopetalum paraguayense (Mexican Ghost Plant) succulent in hanging basket

Hemerocallis cultivar 'Vi's Apricot' a few bud stalks visible

Hesperaloe parviflora, Red yucca, native, one bud stalk

Hyacinthoides hispanica, Spanish bluebells - couple of delayed white flowers

Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Queen' Oakleaf hydrangea - opening now

Iris, unknown species from Louisana Iris group has one stalk with a few creamy yellow flowers

Iris siberica, Siberian Iris, blue-violet - a few left 



Iris X germanica hybrid passalong blooms late, a grape-scented blue violet - past peak, a few flowers left

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana? Florist's Kalanchoe, two plants - one has flowers

Leonotis menthifolia?, Lion's Tail just opening flowers

Lobularia maritime, annual Sweet alyssum in containers - looking stressed!

Lonicera sempervirens, native coral honeysuckle, a few flowers,

Lupinus texensis, annual native Bluebonnet, past peak, a few flowers left

Lychnis coronaria, Rose campion full deep rose bloom with silver-grey foliage

Lycopersicon lycopersicum, several plants with flowers

Magnolia grandiflora 'Little Gem' buds

Mahonia, species probably beali, grape holly in front container, past peak, a few flowers left

Melampodium leucanthum / Blackfoot daisy, scattered about with a few flowers, usually annual here

Muscari armeniacum grape hyacinth - a couple just bloomed, weeks after the rest

Nemophila phacelioides native or Nemophilia menziesii from California? Reseeder called Baby Blue Eyes. Many Austin Gardenbloggers know they have N. phacelioides from MSS of Zanthan, but I started with a plant from a local nursery.

Oxalis crassipes 'Alba' (dotted around and in containers) (PHOTO)




Oxalis regnellii 'Atropurpurea' (dotted around and in containers)

Papaver unk species of annual poppies, past peak, a few flowers left

Pelargonium hybrid, 'Fantasia Salmon', zonal geranium in breakfast room window

Penstemon tenuis, Gulf coast penstemon, short-lived, reseeding perennial, now in 3 places

Philadelphus coronarius, scented Mock orange a few buds

Philadelphus inodorus,  English Dogwood/Scentless Mock orange



Phlox subulata/Creeping phlox in lavender blue

Photinia x fraseri - red tip photinia fading flowers

Rosa banksiae 'Lutea'/ Lady Banks rose just about done

Rosa 'Belinda's Dream', Pink shrub rose - full bloom 



Rosa ‘Champagne’ mini rose, delicate pink , two plants, many flowers

Rosa 'Climbing Iceberg', white floribunda - looking pretty good on arch

Rosa floribunda  ‘Julia Child’,  butter-yellow rose, two shrubs, best bloom ever

Rosa 'Mutabilis' (two good-sized plants, one in container, one inground) covered

Rosa 'Red Cascade', mini-climber bought in spring 2010, many buds, maybe 50 flowers at one time

Rosa, unknown climber, dark red - handful of flowers

Rosa, unknown variety/ tall pink climber near gate - may be 'Climbing Pink Peace' past peak, still a dozen blooms 7 buds left

Rosa /unnamed apricot mini-rose very nice bloom, has grown taller

Rosa - unnamed orange mini-rose came with house - dozens of flowers!

Salvia farinacea, reseeding Mealy Blue sage, wandlike flowers in a few beds

Salvia greggii 'Navajo White', creamy white flowers in two places

Salvia greggii 'Purple', an orchid purple color - one plant opened its flowers

Salvia greggii, unnamed variety of cherry red in parkway

Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips'  3 plants recovering from freezes - 2 flowers

Salvia roemeriana /Cedar sage, native, two very small plants have made red flowers in shade

Scutellaria wrightii?  four blue skullcaps: one in parkway, one in front bed, two in new corner bed all with some bloom

Sedum, little varieties with white flowers, scattered about

Sisyrinchium unk species, Blue-eyed grass - tiny iris relative, two plants, past peak, some flowers left

Tetraneuris scaposa,  four nerve daisy Hymenoxys, 3 plants with flowers

Teucrium fruticans Silver Bush germander

Thymus citriodorus Lemon thyme

Trachaelospermum jasminoides, Star Jasmine, Confederate Jasmine, evergreen vine with white, fragrant flowers. Had four vines- all hit hard by ice and

freeze. One may be dead, 3 are now 12 inches tall instead of 8 or 12-ft tall. One near veranda steps shows a few buds.

Tradescantia unknown species, probably native.  A purple spiderwort just appeared this spring and is in bloom.



Viola spp– annuals, various hybrids of Pansies and violas in patio containers and in hanging baskets on the veranda.

This post, April 25-27, 2014 What's In Bloom, was written by me, Annie in Austin for my Annie's Addendum blog.

GBBD LIST for February, 2014

This post, GBBD LIST for February, 2014, was written by Annie in Austin for her Annie's Addendum blog. 

I just wrote a post about trees for my main blog The Transplantable Rose, so I decided to do a Garden Bloggers Bloom Day list for the Addendum. The weather has been colder than usual here. It's no big deal compared to the deep cold and deep snows in other parts of the USA, but it's cold for the plants that grow here in Austin.
Plants that were in bloom a year ago are brown sticks now - I hope some of them will come back from the roots but know there will be blank spaces in the borders this spring!

Here are my best tries at the slippery botanical names for what is in bloom now. Everything on this list was observed in bloom or bud on February 14th.

*Buxus unknown species/Boxwood. There are buds ready to open on two boxwoods in the back yard

*Camellia japonica 'Pius IX', rose-red camellia - some freeze damage but quite a few flowers this year.


*Camellia sasanqua 'Shishi Gashira' / a Rose Pink Camellia that bloomed weeks ago, but a few faded flowers are still hanging on to the interior

*Citrus x meyeri, Meyer's Improved Lemon in container - many flowers and buds in the breakfast room


*Gelsemium sempervirens , Carolina Jessamine, a native, evergreen vine covered in buds just starting to show yellow color

*Hyacinth 'Woodstock'/ purple fragrant hyacinth  3 small flowers near the patio arch

*Ilex cornuta Chinese holly - buds showing on one tree-form holly

*Lobularia maritima, sweet alyssum, in a hanging basket

*Loropetalum chinense/ Chinese Witch Hazel, Chinese Fringe Flower - the taller plant began opening more flowers after an earlier crop of blooms was frozen

*Mahonia, species unsure, probably M. beali, A Grape holly blooming in a front container. A bee flew away before I could snap the photo



*Narcissus tazetta ‘Grand Primo/ small daffodil, highly recommended for Austin area by Scott Ogden. This one is blooming near the front steps; another clump near the back fence is showing bud stalks.


*Narcissus ?, an unnamed yellow daffodil that came with the house. The bulbs were dug up and replanted in different places as the garden grew and changed. In the photo below, some are blooming in a back border. More bulbs of this daffodil are blooming in the front parkway.



*Osmanthus fragrans/Sweet olive AKA Tea olive. I have four of them and two are opening buds right now.

*Pelargonium hybrid, 'Fantasia Salmon', zonal geranium in breakfast room window a few florets

*Phlox subulata/Creeping phlox in lavender blue - one solitary flower under the big pecan

*Rosemarinus officianalis, upright Rosemary in a hypertufa container, with a sprinkling of small white flowers

*Rosmarinus 'Huntington Carpet' dwarf groundcover Rosemary - 1 plant in parkway covered in blue flowers

*Rosmarinus officinalis 'Prostratus' - Prostrate Rosemary with many pale blue flowers in a hypertufa trough

*Tecoma capensis Cape honeysuckle, in a big pot. This is a tender perennial brought inside for winter. The garage windows let in some light so it has opened a couple of flowers in the garage


*Tetraneuris scaposa,  Four nerve Daisy AKA Hymenoxys, a few flowers on plants in two different beds. Plants in patio bed do not look good.

*Viola something or other– unnamed annual hybrids of Pansies in containers and hanging veranda baskets .

 The basket of pansies embodies my ambivalent feelings when it comes to losing plants to harsh weather. On the one hand, I really liked the Asparagus ferns that grew in the baskets hanging along the veranda. They'd made it through a couple of winters and grown enormous.
On the other hand, when an evergreen plant lives for years and years, things can get boring.
There were no tears when it was time to say Goodbye, Fern! Hello, Pansy!

To see what other gardeners have written about what's blooming today, go to the Garden Blogger Bloom Day post by Carol of May Dreams Garden.

 This post, GBBD LIST for February, 2014, was written by Annie in Austin for her Annie's Addendum blog.